About this Research Topic
In green urbanised and non-urbanised areas, adapting plants to changing climatic conditions and extreme weather conditions is a standard requirement for cultivating crops and ornamental woody plants. In nature, changes in plant responses have a significant biological effect, with cultivation being observed in a wide range of taxa and geographical areas. Different phenological phases of plants are characterised by different phenotypic traits, metabolism, susceptibility to environmental factors, and cambium activity.
However, this response is still relatively unknown. Most often, current research explores select questions in a handful of species, but rarely investigates woody plants, with the exception of forestry-related studies. In general, the research conducted is not exhaustive. Aside from that, there are many factors that disturb the environment, whether it is agricultural or natural.
Woody plants are present in human surroundings, not only as crop and ornamental plants but also in determining the quality of life in the anthropogenic environmental state of the city and agricultural landscapes for many organisms. Their contribution to an ecosystem is invaluable and has changed over the years.
This Research Topic will explore the biological basis of processes connected with plant adaptation to environmental changes triggered by urbanization and climate change. In the temperate zone, the rhythm of numerous biological processes in woody plants intertwines in a dormancy period.
We welcome submissions on a wide range of themes such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Woody plants' adaptation to climatic changes in temperate zones through dendrochronology and dendroclimatology
- The role of dormancy in the adaptation of woody plants
- The physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms related to woody plants in response to climatic factors such as extreme weather events
- The regulation of stress tolerance by natural metabolites or synthetic chemicals related to weather factors
- The mechanisms of multi-level responses in phenology, growth, flowering, seed maturation, and dormancy periods
- The identification and mechanisms of reaction and adaptation in plant cells related to problematic climatic factors
- Ecological aspects related to woody plants in response to changing climates, e.g., herbivores, pollinators, allelopathy, invasiveness
- Environmental effects of woody plants' adaptive responses
Submissions may also include cultivated plants or plants not native to a particular ecosystem.
However, this response is still relatively unknown. Most often, current research explores select questions in a handful of species, but rarely investigates woody plants, with the exception of forestry-related studies. In general, the research conducted is not exhaustive. Aside from that, there are many factors that disturb the environment, whether it is agricultural or natural.
Woody plants are present in human surroundings, not only as crop and ornamental plants but also in determining the quality of life in the anthropogenic environmental state of the city and agricultural landscapes for many organisms. Their contribution to an ecosystem is invaluable and has changed over the years.
This Research Topic will explore the biological basis of processes connected with plant adaptation to environmental changes triggered by urbanization and climate change. In the temperate zone, the rhythm of numerous biological processes in woody plants intertwines in a dormancy period.
We welcome submissions on a wide range of themes such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Woody plants' adaptation to climatic changes in temperate zones through dendrochronology and dendroclimatology
- The role of dormancy in the adaptation of woody plants
- The physiological, biochemical, and molecular mechanisms related to woody plants in response to climatic factors such as extreme weather events
- The regulation of stress tolerance by natural metabolites or synthetic chemicals related to weather factors
- The mechanisms of multi-level responses in phenology, growth, flowering, seed maturation, and dormancy periods
- The identification and mechanisms of reaction and adaptation in plant cells related to problematic climatic factors
- Ecological aspects related to woody plants in response to changing climates, e.g., herbivores, pollinators, allelopathy, invasiveness
- Environmental effects of woody plants' adaptive responses
Submissions may also include cultivated plants or plants not native to a particular ecosystem.
Keywords: woody plants, plant responses, temperate zone, ecosystem, phenology
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